To Inspire:  Science shows there are many ways to increase your empathy, but there is one that’s easy to do just about anywhere, is inexpensive, and it’s fun: Read novels. Researchers at Yale have found that reading in general, and reading books in particular, correlates with improved cognitive function and a longer life. Great benefits, […]

To Inspire:   While poking around his grandfather’s tobacco barn in Georgia years ago, 12 year old Derek Veal found an old suitcase filled with photographs – some more than 100 years old. The suitcase belonged to Derek’s grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s and lived in a nursing home. He took the pictures with him the […]

To Inspire:   The Cincinnati Bengals will play in the Super Bowl this weekend. As I have reflected on their amazing journey to reach this pinnacle of their sport, the word perseverance has kept coming to mind. Losing season after losing season, ownership, management, coaches, players and fans have experienced the challenge of maintaining faith […]

To Inspire: If you are struggling with your New Year’s resolutions as we enter the month of February, perhaps this quote from Epictetus will give you some necessary inspiration: “Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your […]

To Inspire:   In The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell reflects on the Law of Magnetism which says, “Who you attract is not determined by what you want. It’s determined by who you are.” He suggests that those drawn to us are similar in some key ways like generation, background, values, energy, giftedness, […]

To Inspire: I don’t know about you but I’m getting tired of this cold weather! Last night When I got home from the office, I made a fire in the fireplace. Within a few minutes, everything was different. Our living room was brighter, warmer, more comfortable. Even my mood changed – from being tired and […]

To Inspire: “The act of writing itself is like an act of love,” Georges Rodenbach, 19th century Belgian poet I recently subscribed to a greeting card subscription service based here in Central Ohio. Every other month they send me a collection of four or five beautiful letter press cards – some funny, some touching, some […]

To Inspire:    For many, New Year’s Resolutions create extra stress. We feel the need to have some – but after years of failing to keep them, we dread the thought of once again setting ourselves up for failure. How about an entirely new perspective on New Year’s Resolutions? Instead of setting overly ambitious goals, […]

To Inspire:  It’s Christmas week! For Christians, we celebrate in a special way this week the gift God has given us in Christ. For everyone, Christian or not, it has become is a season of family time and gift giving – a season of joy! Joy is sometimes difficult to define but in this special […]

To Inspire: The holidays should be a time of joy, and while this holiday season may be better than the last, it’s still been a rough couple of years with a lot of uncertainly and a lot of loss. So what can we do to help ourselves feel joy? According to author Brene Brown, after […]